We read with great interest Blake’s1 compelling case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) to decrease the trauma-inducing nature of the current socioeconomic system. As Euan Lawson correctly points out,2 the very concept of UBI — regular payments to all citizens regardless of circumstance — is not new. Around the world, numerous local experiments show benefits in health and socioeconomic outcomes.3 In rural Kenya, a large-scale UBI experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic improved food security, …